In the street battle for supremacy between man and baboon, it can only be said that both sides are using guerrilla tactics.
For
the baboons it means swarming SAS style up the sheer sides of blocks of
flats, prising open windows and plundering anything that is inside.
Usually they just want food, but sometimes a flapping set of net
curtains or a child’s cuddly toy bear can provide some added
entertainment.
For the humans, the weapons of choice – given that
their enemy is a protected species – tend to be paintball guns and
pepper sprays. They have the momentary effect of driving the baboons
away, but hunger and sheer nerve always bring them back.
As the
pictures below show, these are the scenes which regularly affect life in
Cape Town, South Africa, where man and baboon share a sometimes
uncomfortable existence.



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